cell phones more dangerous than smoking
@phillygirl606 (1112)
United States
March 31, 2008 1:14pm CST
Cell phones could kill more people than smoking or asbestos exposure, according to an award-winning Australian cancer expert who was trained at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
a British newspaper, reported that the doctor, Vini Khurana, based his findings on more than 100 studies on the effects of cell phone use.
"There is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours," he said in The Independent. Evidence shows that using cell phones for 10 years or more can double a person's risk of brain cancer, the newspaper reported.
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@checapricorn (16060)
• United States
4 Apr 08
ohhh...thanks for this info! got to look it up for more detailed! Its shocking!
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
2 Apr 08
It's strange, but these reports had been going around several years ago and were just downplayed as not being credible. Now, it turns out they might have been right all along. My mom is the original "worry wart" so she's now telling me I should never talk on my cell phone again but I'm trying to make her understand it means using it constantly not just now and then for emergencies. I do worry about so many of the young people I see these days, even kids who seem to have a cell phone at their ear 24/7.
Annie
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
31 Mar 08
I think i have heard about this before... i even got several emails with this topic that we should be using our left ear when talking on the Celphone.. something to do with the capability of the left brain... i am not so sure...
i guess there could be some effects to it, cause those we do not see can actually cause damage to our health... it doesnt mean that we dont see it, its not there.
@SukiSmiles (1991)
• United States
31 Mar 08
Wow, that's interesting. I guess that means I shouldn't be walking around with this bluetooth stuck in my ear when I'm not on a call. Thanks for the info!
